Show ABC Farm News County Signup For 1959 Soil Bank Now Open The signup in iii Sanpete County for or the 1959 Conservation Reserve Reserve Re- Re serve of the Soil Bank is now open pen at the county Agricultural and office in the Manti 1 Bank Building Building Build- Build ing ng Manti states slates Leo Morley lorley of Moroni chairman of the Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete County Agricultural Sta- Sta and Conservation com com- The first step in the signup is isor for or the farmer who is interested in n the program to come to the county office and request that annual rental payment rates be established for his farm At the same time the f farmer should bring with him information tion ion to be used by the County Committee in establishing establish- establish ing ng rates for his farm The chief facts needed are arc and yields of the three principal crops on the farm for the p past st two years and creages for other otherl l land and nd use on the farm Mr Morley Morcy Mor- Mor ley cy said The Conservation Reserve is the he only Soil Bank program available available a- a for 1959 Under the program farmers retire land landrom from rom general crops for up to 10 years and devote the reserved acreage to land water or wild wildlife wildlife life ife conservation practices The government makes an annual rental p payment for the land and nd will also share in the cost of establishing the conservation practices The average rental p payment rate for Conservation Reserve land in Sanpete County in t the h e 1959 program is 1150 per acre per year Maximum 1 payment rates will be higher for the most productive farms and lower for less productive farms according to Mr 11 Morley 1 For farmers who request it the county committee will figure two sets of maximum annual rates One will apply if only part of the eligible acreage on ona a farm is placed in the Reserve Another rate 10 percent higher will be available if all eligible land on a farm is put in the Reserve for at least five years After m maximum rates have been determined for a farm the farmer will have two weeks in which to d cide on participation designate land for the Reserve and apply for a contract L Land nd may be he offered at nt less than Own the established maximum to increase the chance hance of acceptance in case there are insufficient funds to cover all nIl offers said Mr Mor Mor- ley The signup phase of the program program program pro pro- gram closes September 10 1958 and all requests for establishing farm rates must be received by that date The deadline for ap applying applying applying ap- ap plying for contracts is September Septem Septem- ber 24 1958 Soil Bank Questions Answered Farmers who have been wondering wondering wondering won won- dering about the Soil Banks Bank's Acreage Reserve Program for forthe forthe forthe the basic allotment crops received answers to to- to some of their questions today Some of the most frequent questions asked asked ask ask- ed cel the county of office ice about the Acreage Reserve Program Mr 11 Morley said are arc these Q With fall planting of winter winter winter win win- ter wheat not too far away why has no acreage reserve program been announced for the 1959 heat wheat crop A. A There will be no acreage reserve program for wheat t or any auy other 1959 1939 crop This program program program pro pro- gram provided agreements for only one year at a time It is being discontinued after this year Q What then is the Soil Bank Dank program for 1959 A. A The Soil Bank will provide only a conservation reserve program program program pro pro- gram for farmer participation in ill 1959 This is the only Soil B Bank ink program available and rates on many farms will be higher than in earlier years Q What pay payments may be earned under the conservation reserve program A. A As in former ye years rs of the program two types of payment may be earned a sharing cost-sharing r payment the year a conservation practice is installed on the re acres and annual rental rental ren ren- tal payments for the term of the contract Contracts will extend for up to 10 years Q My 1 present acreage reserve agreement runs until December 31 but I would like to plant inter wheat this fall on some of bf my 1958 acreage reserve tract 1 Tc If e this permitted A. A Yes since the crop will not be harvested until next year n |